Well, thanks to all of you for your efforts.............
I was finally able to get the 2 (3390-3) disks initializzzzed !!
here is a cut & past of what was done :::
First command:
SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/root # rmmod
dasd
rmmod: module dasd is not
loaded
Next command:
SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/dev # insmod dasd dasd=4c0-4c4
Using /lib/modules/2.2.16/block/dasd.o
SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/dev # cat /proc/dasd/devices
04C0(none) at (94:0) is dasda:unknown
04C1(none) at (94:4) is dasdb:unknown
04C2(none) at (94:8) is dasdc:unknown
04C3(none) at (94:12) is dasdd:unknown
04C4(none) at (94:16) is dasde:unknown
**looks like the drives are not available !!
so i took 2 drives from the other lpars: and varried them offline.
I used 460 & 462
SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/dev # insmod dasd dasd=460,462
Using /lib/modules/2.2.16/block/dasd.o
THEN:
SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/dev # cat /proc/dasd/devices }more
0460(ECKD) at (94:0) is dasda:n/f
0462(ECKD) at (94:4) is dasdb:n/f
So it looks like the logical NAME of "dasda" is assigned to 460 and "dasdb" is
assigned to 462 !!! if only I knew that long ago !!
Then:
SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/root # dasdfmt -f /dev/dasda -b 4096
I am going to format the device /dev/dasda in the following way:
Device number of device : 0x460
Major number of device : 94
Minor number of device : 0
Labelling device : yes
Disk label : LNX1 x80405228
Blocksize : 4096
--->> ATTENTION! <<---
All data in the specified range of that device will be lost.
Type "yes" to continue, no will leave the disk untouched:
Finished formatting the device.
Rereading the partition table... done.
SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/root # dasdfmt -f /dev/dasdb -b 4096
I am going to format the device /dev/dasdb in the following way:
Device number of device : 0x462
Major number of device : 94
Minor number of device : 4
Labelling device : yes
Disk label : LNX1 x80405228
Blocksize : 4096
--->> ATTENTION! <<---
All data in the specified range of that device will be lost.
Type "yes" to continue, no will leave the disk untouched: yes
Formatting the device. This may take a while (get yourself a coffee).
SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/root # cat /proc/dasd/devices
|more
0460(ECKD) at (94:0) is dasda:active at blocksize: 4096, 601020 blocks,
2347B
0462(ECKD) at (94:4) is dasdb:n/f
Finished formatting the device.
Rereading the partition table... done.
SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/root #
now it looks like I may have 2 drives with the same label ??
now way to tell......
so:
SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/root # cat /proc/dasd/devices |more
0460(ECKD) at (94:0) is dasda:active at blocksize: 4096, 601020 blocks, 2347
0462(ECKD) at (94:4) is dasdb:active at blocksize: 4096, 601020 blocks, 2347
Now I just have to figure out how to get in Remotely,,,,
I tried Xterm, hyperterm & Vista 3270, but none seem to work.....
man is this a mess doing in remotely..
SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/root # yast
Running YaST...
Error opening terminal: ibm-3278-3-e.
Unmounting /mnt...
umount: /mnt: not mounted
YaST finished.
